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General Election 2017 Will our analysis of the Tories manifesto pledges give Mrs May the blues?
Posted: 1st January 2016
With Brexit maintaining its position as being the political story on everyone’s lips, Teresa May’s decision to hold a general election on 8th June 2017 took many by surprise. The current government’s tenure will have lasted just over two years, the shortest since 1974. Too often, the early promises of a nascent government are forgotten. […]
Lana Del Rey(diohead): Copyright claim made against Lana Del Rey
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Copyright claim made against Lana Del Rey Lana Del Rey has announced that the last song on her latest album, “Lust for Life”, is falling subject to a copyright claim made by Radiohead. Lana has said that her song “Get Free”, has been accused of bearing similarities to Radiohead’s hit “Creep”. On 7th January 2018, […]
Less than 1 week to go before the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 come into force – Are you ready?
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The much awaited European Union’s 4th Money Laundering Directive has produced a 10 year update to the Money Laundering Regulations 2007. The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 come into force on the 26 June 2017. If you have not yet undertaken a review of your money laundering policy in line with the new regulations, set out […]
New Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims – Is your Business ready?
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On 1 October the new Pre-Action Protocol (“the Protocol”) for debt claims is due to come into force which will provide a Debtor with a full 30 days to respond to a Letter of Claim before a Creditor is able to issue proceedings with the Court. Whilst this will not affect business to business debts, […]
Overage – Building Regs is the costly dark horse
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Overage agreements are entered into between a Seller and Buyer where there is a reasonable expectation that the land has the potential to be redeveloped or for planning permission to be granted for development. The Seller is then entitled to a slice of this increased value. London and Illford Ltd (L&I) v Sovereign Property Holdings […]
Congratulations: Fischer D’Alton Limited
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Five Sellers, four companies, and one month: Franklins Solicitors are pleased to have supported Fischer D’Alton Limited in its first acquisition of one of the UK’s fastest growing privately owned companies in the construction industry, ME Construction Limited. ME Construction was founded in 2007 […]
The “Persons with Significant Control” (“PSC”) Register Regulations
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From 26 June 2017 unlisted UK companies and LLPs must keep their “Register of People with Significant Control” continuously updated on the Companies House website. Previously it was only necessary to update Companies House once a year. If your use for the Register is for undertaking AML checks, it is still necessary to get corporate […]
Automatic for the people – Breach of Auto-Enrolment Pensions means Everybody Hurts
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The Pensions Act 2008 introduced legislation which required employers to provide pensions for their employees. The ‘Auto-Enrolment’ pension scheme means that employees are automatically required to deduct 3% of monies from an employee’s salary in to a company pension scheme, with the employer obliged to make the same contribution. Whilst the legislation came in to […]
